Banking and financeFive Star director pleads guilty to SFO chargesAn ex-finance company director has admitted SFO theft charges - the first major conviction from the finance company sector collapse.26 Oct 10:30 PM
Banking and financeSFO probes SC Finance loansThe Serious Fraud Office is investigating five related party loans involving South Canterbury Finance made between 2005 and 2009.18 Oct 11:26 PM
Banking and financeSFO probes Sth Canterbury FinanceThe Serious Fraud Office has just announced it has launched an investigation into South Canterbury Finance.18 Oct 08:30 PM
Banking and financeNgai Tahu, Superfund wanted to buy SC FinanceThe New Zealand Superfund and Ngai Tahu were part of a consortium of investors whose bid for South Canterbury Finance was rejected last month, says opposition finance spokesman David Cunliffe.13 Oct 04:04 AM
Banking and financeGuilty pleas from former National Finance accountantThe former accountant for failed finance company National Finance 2000 has pleaded guilty to SFO charges.08 Oct 02:50 AM
Opinion<i>Andrew Hooker:</i> How insurers accuse customers of dishonestyYou might be surprised how often insurance companies call their customers liars, fraudsters or criminals, and the flimsy basis on which they sometimes do so.07 Oct 08:30 PM
OpinionBernard Hickey<i>Bernard Hickey: </i> Five ways to control the NZ$ and capital flowsThe version of the free market we had wasn't really free or perfect.05 Oct 08:30 PM
BDBDBanking and financeNZ wool prices hit 14-year highNew Zealand wool prices surged to a 14-year high amid renewed demand for the fibre in the Middle East and Europe.04 Oct 02:58 AM
Banking and financeGold medallist smooths path to gloryOlympian Hamish Carter and his wife are helping young athletes find corporate backers, reports Suzanne McFadden.03 Oct 04:30 PM
Aged careMost Kiwis will have a few dollars more tomorrowThe "GST-income tax switch" will from tomorrow leave the vast majority of income earners with at least a few more dollars in their pockets each week.30 Sep 01:45 AM
AgribusinessNZ firms to gain from aussie dollar surgeNew Zealand tourism businesses and manufacturers that export to Australia are expected to be the winners from a strengthening Australian dollar.29 Sep 04:30 PM
Banking and financeWatson left sleeping with the enemyWhen Eric Watson boarded an Air New Zealand flight in Los Angeles on September 17, 2008, en route to New Zealand from London, he had a lot on his mind.26 Sep 04:30 PM